Climate and carbon cycle response to the 1815 Tambora volcanic eruption

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12,497-12,507

  Kandlbauer, J ^a   Hopcroft, P O ^a   Valdes, P J ^a   Sparks, R S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1815 Tambora eruption; C3 and C4 grasses; carbon cycle feedback; HadGEM2 ES; volcanoes and climate

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRODUCTIVITY; VOLCANOES;

1815 TAMBORA ERUPTION; C4 GRASS; CARBON CYCLES; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; NONLINEAR DEPENDENCIES; TEMPERATURE DECREASE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; GRASS; PALEOCLIMATE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SULFUR; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EUROPE; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; SUMBAWA; SUNDA ISLES; TAMBORA; WEST NUSA TENGGARA;

POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84890484056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD019767     Document Type: Article

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